Machine for straightening match-splints.



M. SAN MACHINE FOR STBIGHTENING MATUE SPLINTS. MPLIGM'IoH mmm MAR. 2, 1910. BBNBWBD P11114, 1911.

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' driving shaft 11, and this MORRIS SANLOF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EAST JERSEY MATCH COMPANY, OF GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF'NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR STRAIGHTENING MATCH-SPLINTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented -May 23, 1911'.

Application filed Idarch 2, 1910, Serial No. 546,813. Renewed lFebruary 4, 1911. Serial No. 606,643.

To all whom Ait may con/cem:

Be it known that 1, MORRIS SAN, of Passaic, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement'in Machines for Straightening Match-Splints, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

`My invention .relates to improvements in machines for straightening match splints preparatory to dipping them in the parattin and firing compositions.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and eiiicient machine which is adapted to straighten out a heap or pile of loose match splints so that they will be held in parallel relation and in a convenient tray, the latter being of special construction so that the splints will be held therein ready for insertion 1n the dipping machine. In

practice I use a whole series of these trays-Y cover and form the bottom of the' which hopper, and which are constructed so that the splints which .are in an essentially vertical position will drop through into another receptacle while the others will be straightened out in the trays.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a plan view of onev of the splint holding trays. Fig. 5 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 6 is a cross section of one of the trays.

The machine is provided with a suitable frame 10 at one end of which is mounted-a communicates by means of eccentrics 12 and eccentric rods 13 with the yokes 14 which are connected with the arms 15 (see Fig. 1), and the latter are attached to the angle irons16, two of which on opposite sides of the machine connect with a box or hopper 2li to be hereinafter referred to, while similar angle irons connect with the hopper at the rear end of the machine, as shown. The driving shaft is provided with a suitable pulley 17 to drive it, and a shifting lever 18 and shifter 19 are used for shifting the belt on the tight and loose pulleys 20 and 21 (see Fig. 2). All

this arrangement of the driving and shifting mechanism is only shown and described in a general way because obviously any other suitable mechanism for this purpose can be employed and there is no novelty claimed for that shown.

The angle 'irons 16 are provided with rollers 22 which run on the tops of the side frames 10, and the lower members of the angle irons 16 slideI beneath keepers 23. It will thus be seen that a reciprocating motion will be imparted to the angle irons and to the hopper 24: to which these angle irons are attached. rFhis hopper is a rectan.

gular box and is open at the bottom except for the longitudinal cross bar 25, while beneath it isl a box 24a to receive the splints which fall through during' the straighteningl rocess.

)hcn the straightener is to be used, the

' hopper is lled with trays 26, each of which is preferably formed of sheet metal, having closed ends 26% a closed back 27 and a closed bottom 28, except that an opening or slot 28 is provided longitudinally in the bottom and next tothe back, leaving the main portion of the bottom closed to support the splints which may lie thereon. The front of the tray is open andthe-tray is provided with numerous transverse partitions 29 the full height of the tray, these partitions being spaced apart so that the distance between them is less than the length of a match. The partitions 29 are attached to the bottom only so as to leave the slot 2S unobstructed. Whenv the machine is to be used, the hopper is filled with these trays which are arranged with' their ends resting on the ledges 24a at the sides of the hopper (see Fig. 2) and ,the cross bar 25 in the middle, the hopper being entirely illed,that is having its bottom entirely covered with these trays. In Fig. 2, however, I have shown but four trays in position, but it will be understood that they can be extended so as to fill the hopper bottom. The trays being placed in position, the loose splints are lled into the hopper 241 and the machine set in motion, which causes the hopper to be shaken backward and forward through the driving mechanisnhalieady described. As the shaking takes place, the splints which are essentially vertical, will fall down through the openings 28a, while those which are at an angle to a vertical. plane will enter between the partitions 29 and gradually be straightened out between the partitions, so that in a. short time the loose splints will have fallen down through the openings Q8, while the remaining splints will fill the trays and lie straight. It will be observed that the partitions 29 project from the front of the box or tray so that when the several trays are in position there will be openings between the vbottom of one tray and the back of the next tray corresponding to the 'slot 28a already referred to so that space is provided for the vertical splints and pieces to fall through both the slot 28a and the space leftbetween the front pieces off-the partitions 29, and the splints are then ready for insertion in the dipping machine. The splints which fall through theopenings 28:L are gathered up and thrown into the hopper again, when a new set of trays are in position.

It will be seen that the machine is very simple and that the splints can be very nicely straightened and easily handled.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent :h

l. An apparatus of the kind. described,

comprising a reciprocating hopper and a series of removable trays formingthe hopper bottom, each tray being provided with an open front portion, transverse straightening partitions, and an opening through the bottom for the passage of splints.

2. An apparat-us of the kind described, comprising, a reciprocating hopper having` a longitudinal vcross-bar in the center and supporting ledges at the sides, in combination with straightening trays carried on said ledges and cross bar.

3. In an apparatus of the kind described, the straightening trays closed at the sides and backs and open in front, said trays having transverse straightening partitions therein, and a longitudinal opening in the bottom thereof.

MORRIS SAN.

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